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Stringed Instrument Match Up

Perhaps you’ve not heard, but other instruments besides guitars, banjos and mandolins produce sound through the vibration of strings. Below you'll find 12—see if you can match them (by drawing a line), and figure out how to play air zither.

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Click on this image, print it out, and draw lines using a real pencil!

To determine the identities of these mystery instruments, click the links on each of them below.

Balalaika—Originating in Russia, this was first written about in the 18th century.